Remembering Gloria Molina: LA Supervisor, Community Leader, Quilter

#104: Gloria Molina was a trailblazing political figure and advocate for social justice. She made history as the first Latina to be elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and she represented so much for the Latino community, and for Los Angeles as a whole. She spent her career fighting for environmental injustice in East LA, for women who underwent unauthorized sterilization at the county hospital, or to ensure the construction of the Gold Line for East LA.

But she was also an artist, a quilter… and the stitching group she founded in East LA has achieved international recognition.

She passed away earlier this week. Today, we remember Gloria at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, which she helped found.